Quote from truehawk:
I believe the actual language exempts trades of less than $100,000 from the tax.
The authors seem unaware that exchanges pay the Prime Brokers as Supplemental Liquidity Providers, and that the Prime Brokers are exempt from most fees, and from settlement delivery deadlines.
I participated in a Q&A on this with several members. They are open to raising the amount where the tax takes affect. They intend to shape the tax to target large players, and make high frequency trading uneconomical.
They also see it as a way to track and follow the market. They also talked about a .01%tax, so the amount of the tax is not set in stone. The paper trail seems to be the real objective.
They seem to have the support of maybe 14 countries or so in the G20 give or take.